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Posted by tgl on 2007-07-03 12:15:53 +0000

Spam on rideside.net:8008, WTF?

OK, we've gotten a second user registered solely for spamming. Do we support:

A. Turning off automatic register, so that a new user must be approved by the site admin? (I could even create additional "new user approval users" to make the process speedier).
B. Investigate a Captcha like system to make it hard for automated spamming systems to register and post dreck?
C. Nuthin'

Notice I'm not using a poll.

BTW, once I'm on lunch break again with a charged camera phone, and I'm not in Saugus, I have to take a photo_the_ _perfect_ sidewalk graffiti.
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-07-04 00:41:53 +0000
Sysop: For the record, what 2 ID's are soley for spamming?
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-04 07:08:02 +0000
do polls attract spam?
Posted by tommy on 2007-07-04 08:01:44 +0000
Not sure if this is feasible with the drupal software... what about 'provisional' users? When you first sign up, you're limited to say one or two posts per calendar day. When a provisional user posts, that post contains a 'flag as spam' button. Any 'established' user can click that button, which causes the provisional user account to be deleted along with that message. Once the provisional user has posted say five times without spamming, they become established.

Posted by tgl on 2007-07-05 08:21:07 +0000
No... I don't like polls.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-05 08:25:36 +0000
Of course, someone over at drupal.org has had this same problem: http://drupal.org/node/60891

Looks like 5.1 is available too, everyone ready for an upgrade?
Posted by Miriam on 2007-07-05 08:26:19 +0000
Anytime you are.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-05 08:36:30 +0000
The Spam Module linked above doesn't have user controls or designations for 'provisionals', but allows for community flagging ala Craigslist.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-05 09:56:22 +0000
Oops, we _are_ updated to 5.1
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-07-05 16:51:06 +0000
I vote "A."
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-06 07:27:05 +0000
I like that people can register and get going with an approval.

We now have spam filtering in place. (Anyone want to be a spam administer?* So posts with more than 5** links are considered spam, duplicate (2 or more) posts are considered spam, and I forget the other filters. I can add regex and URL filters too, but we'll see how it goes with plain vainlla settings. All spam posts to date have been multiple links to the same domain, which should easier trigger the filter.


* Spam administrators get "mark as spam", "mark as not spam", and "a-third-link-I-can't-remember" next their "reply" links.
** Numerical values are settings which can be changed.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-07-06 08:21:29 +0000
Is there a way to set it so that once you have made a certain threshold of non-spam posts you get mark-as-spam privileges? A quick peek at gang-members and it looks like as few as 100 posts is enough to weed out irregular members.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-06 08:31:30 +0000
I'd have to work up a cron job that could change user permissions when the appropriate threshold is reached. Not sure everyone would want the extra links...
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-06 08:35:54 +0000
A for me as well

(with the provision that if we get legit snail mail for any of the spammers that we put them on every drug and pornographic mailing databse available to man)

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-07-06 09:39:51 +0000
Just the "spam" link should be enough, yes?
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-06 09:44:04 +0000
Yeah, although the "mark as not spam" is useful for valid posts that still trip the filter.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-07-06 09:49:46 +0000
But that link only needs to be shown for posts marked as spam, which I presume you would have to go to a special place to see anyway.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-06 09:58:18 +0000
I would be honored to act as an RSN spam administrator
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-06 10:05:48 +0000
<a href="/user/ddkk18">ddkk18</a>
<a href="/user/zimydbw">zimydbw</a>

This account is new with the last day:

<a href="/user/logwvredipcnmv">logwvredipcnmv</a>

No posts yet, I'd be interested to see if the filter blocks anything.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-06 10:33:17 +0000
weird - I am apparently spam.

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1054/739663426_bb4c1d9a1c_o.jpg">



Posted by tgl on 2007-07-06 11:21:37 +0000
What were you trying to do? Visit those user links? I guess only site admins can vist the "/user/[insert-username-here]" pages.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-06 11:35:54 +0000
I was trying to post the image of the screen print.

I gave up and retried later and it worked fine. Weird.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-06 12:47:19 +0000
Figured it out. You've got dupe posts at <a href="/2007/07/rawk/universal_joins_metallica_led_zeppelin_radiohead_and_the_beatles">this</a> topic. Don't know why I couldn't see it on the spam log.


Until I "mark as not spam" no one should be able to see the posts.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-06 14:23:16 +0000
dupe posts roole!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-06 14:24:35 +0000
Spam I Am Spam I Am, Will You Eat It In A Tree?
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-09 10:40:07 +0000
just got flagged as potential spam again
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-09 11:56:27 +0000
I was out to lunch, otherwise, I would have responded to this sooner. You ran afoul of the duplicate URL filter: the URL for the image, as well as a link to the image. I upped the filter to allow two duplicates, this type of post won't be flagged as spam now.

Thanks for patience as I tweak the parameters.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-07-10 07:47:32 +0000
Hey tgl,
What happened to the tags on posts? I want to see who said what.
Thanks,
Miriam
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-10 08:22:43 +0000
Upgrade error... I'll fix it.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-10 08:25:25 +0000
...or maybe I won't.
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-10 08:46:26 +0000
Wow. This is ugly. The author listing on the comments seems to be a bug with the older them... .wait... didn't we have this before?
Posted by tgl on 2007-07-10 09:02:17 +0000
Ah.. OK, you can uncross your eyes now.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-07-10 09:55:25 +0000
Thank you.
Posted by tgl on 2007-08-01 11:25:48 +0000
Like I said, perfect:

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1165/977587126_c7eebb71c0_m.jpg">

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1220/977587260_9ca90a8886_m.jpg">
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-01 11:37:07 +0000
where did you find that? Awesome.

Posted by tgl on 2007-08-02 06:24:55 +0000
Near where I have lunch sometimes on the Charles River. I recently got back from Saugus, so I could post the images.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-08-02 06:54:08 +0000
Lately I've been getting a lot of e-card spams sent to my gmail account. Anyone else having that problem?
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-02 12:10:32 +0000
I am thinking my MF DOOM avatar on Myspace needs to be changed to this...

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-08-02 20:44:51 +0000
I have a guess who does these.
Find me on github.